| Subject: | [socialcredit] Re: productive capacity | | Date: | Sunday, August 7, 2005 06:38:22 (-0700) | | From: | William B. Ryan <w_b_ryan @.....com>
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| In reply to: | Message 2397 (written by cymric) |
"I agree that the planet is capable of drowning in its
production and I objected to the phrase 'capacity to
produce' because it suggested that society should and
could be funded in a S.C. society to effect that..."
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I would hope that you have changed your opinion as to
what the phrase suggests, inasmuch as you have now
been supplied with excerpts from two Douglas essays
that say something quite different.
Did you read them?
The confusion arises from your preconception of Social
Credit, which has very little correspondence to the
theory of C. H. Douglas.
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The totalitarian dictum of "full production" or "full
employment" does not mean the same thing as enabling
the consumer to draw from productive capacity what he
personally chooses.
Look at the Douglas reforms. Each and every one of
them is directed to the point of retail--nowhere else.
They are intended to augment and reinforce individual
consumer choice.
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--- cymric@xtra.co.nz wrote:
Subject: Re: [socialcredit] RE: Solomon Islands from
Electronz - To Kenneth Pa
Date: August 7, 2005 06:29:59 (+0200)
From: cymric <cymric@xtra.co.nz>
In reply to: Message 2371 (written by Kenneth
Palmerton)
Howdy Ken,
You ask, "Who has the incentive to make use of the
available stats?"
Well of course every political player in office and
those who control them and financial policy. They can
be manipulated to tell all sorts of tales (reinforcing
ingrained propoganda) and provide reasons for policy.
I agree that the planet is capable of drowning in its
production and I objected to the phrase 'capacity to
produce' because it suggested that society should and
could be funded in a S.C. society to effect that,
which would be a waste of energy and resources since
we couldnt sustain that by consumption, merely because
of our incapacity to consume at that rate. The ability
of humanity to keep up consumption with the productive
capacity of the planet is similar to the impossibility
to keep up with the debt repayments, both are equally
insane and are the basis of the tyrany of work
(consumption would have to become work and not a
pleasure).
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